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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Phorum
This vulnerability was discovered by our security researchers before 2019.
| Advisory ID: | HTB23109 |
| Product: | Phorum |
| Vendor: | Phorum Team |
| Vulnerable Versions: | 5.2.18 and probably prior |
| Tested Version: | 5.2.18 |
| Advisory Publication: | August 8, 2012 [without technical details] |
| Vendor Notification: | August 8, 2012 |
| Vendor Fix: | August 24, 2012 |
| Public Disclosure: | August 29, 2012 |
| Latest Update: | August 24, 2012 |
| Vulnerability Type: | Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79] |
| CVE Reference: | CVE-2012-4234 |
| Risk Level: | Medium |
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| CVSSv2 Base Score: | 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) |
| Solution Status: | Fixed by Vendor |
| Discovered and Provided: | High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab |
| Advisory Details: | |
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Phorum, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. | |
| Solution: | |
| Upgrade to Phorum 5.2.19 More Information: http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?64,151943 | |
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References: | |
| [1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23109 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23109 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Phorum. [2] Phorum - http://www.phorum.org - Started in 1998, Phorum was the original PHP and MySQL based Open Source forum software. [3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. [4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types. | |
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